Army purges officers in Britain and aims to promote youths
A wartime purge targets officers aged 45 and above up to lieutenant colonel to remove inept individuals in Britain and across the front. The army council orders a strict qualification review for officers and a similar RAF purge to promote younger, capable personnel despite seniority. The move follows Sir James Grigg replacing H D R Margesson as war secretary in a Churchill government reshuffle.
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Royal Air Force
James Grigg
H. D. R. Margesson
Marcus Island raid reported by Japanese radio
United Press reports Japanese broadcasts claimed Allied planes attacked Marcus Island about 1,100 miles southeast of Japan between Tokyo and the Marshall Islands. Berlin radio added 30 enemy planes sighted near the Ogasawara Bonin Islands. Details remain unconfirmed by Washington officials.
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United Press
United Nations
Marcus Island
Minami Tori
Japan
Tokyo
Marshall Islands
New York
London
Domei
Berlin
Ogasawara Bonin Islands
Army
Wake Island
Gilbert Islands
Washington
Columbia Broadcasting System
Forgers Clean Up in Amarillo
Dozens of worthless checks have been cashed in Amarillo in recent days with five forged checks bearing Sheriff Bill Adams’s name accepted by merchants. The forger used a badge and no identification was checked. Victims cannot describe the forger, and authorities warn business losses run into hundreds of dollars as enforcement efforts are hampered.
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Amarillo
Bill Adams
Flying Guard Officers and Non-Coms Meet Tonight
All officers and non commissioned officers of the headquarters staff and A and B Flights are expected to be on the line for the regular Thursday night staff meeting announced by Major Art Hawks. The session starts at 7 30 oclock in the squadron headquarters at 716 Taylor Street. It takes 700 gallons of water to quench one ton of red hot coke.
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Art Hawks
Taylor Street
Livestock Market Mixed Signals At Kansas City Sale
U.S. Department of Agriculture report from Kansas City notes hogs 1,500 salable with prices around 13.10 to 15.00 for various weights, cattle 1,700 salable with steady to higher prices, calves 200, sheep 4,500 with slow trading and lambs weak to 10.35. Also a local crime note seeks return of stolen satin and blankets from a Mayfair club car on Feb 19.
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Kansas City
Fed
Tack
Mayfair
East Ninth Avenue
West Apartment
Farmhand Seeks Broad Work in Texas Court Cabin 14
A young married man with no children seeks employment on a farm and will take any kind of work if farm duties are unavailable. Contact via Texas Court, Cabin 14 for possible positions or inquiries.
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Tack
Texas Court
Help Wanted Classified Notices From Local Listings
A set of brief help wanted notes includes Jonathan Keeton seeking farm work and support for a family at 309 N Grant St with farm experience and willingness to take any new job. A colored girl seeks housework or nursing care at 206 Madison St with references offered. A reader returns a lost Persian cat line with contact 8532. Vv. W. Lacour of Claude Texas seeks a capable farm hand with milking experience offering good wages and room. A 18 year old experienced soda fountain worker Nadine seeks work at Dear Tack via 2-6325. A middle aged couple seeks ranch work with references, D Martin at 500 Alabama St.
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Madison St
Nadine
Tack
D. Martin
Alabama Street
Jury Mixed Up In Barr Trial
The jury in the murder trial of Mrs Juanita Barr asked Judge Kenry King if a two to five year penalty without a suspended sentence could be imposed. The jury had been out over 12 hours when the note was sent asking whether a set number of years was required. Barr, estranged wife of Eddie Barr, allegedly shot Mrs Blanche Woodall in her Dallas apartment last April.
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Dallas
Juanita Barr
Blanche Woodall
Kenry King
Barr
Eddie Barr
Woodall
King
Last Singapore Ship Reaches Australia After Bombing
Melbourne dispatch reports the last Singaporean freighter arrived at an Australian port with 2 500 troops women and children aboard. The vessel endured a five hour bombing by 90 Japanese planes. An officer from the Argyle and Sutherland Highlanders noted the ship’s small passenger capacity.
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Melbourne
Singapore
Argyle and Sutherland Highlanders
Scots Regiment
Malaya Campaign Rear Guard Becomes Japanese Prisoner
The ship’s rear guard retreated to Singapore Island and cast off as it departed, then stayed aboard to be captured by Japanese forces. Most crew wore only their clothes, with some women carrying babies two weeks old.
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Malaya
Singapore Island
Soviet Push Near Smolensk Threatens Nazi Lines
The Red Army reports advancing toward Smolensk with a base 50 miles east having breached a Nazi defense zone and destroyed two regimental headquarters of the 17th German Infantry Division. Soviet gains come as fierce tank led assaults hit the Donets Basin amid heavy air losses for both sides.
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Heinz Guderian
Adolf Hitler
Orel
Staraya Russa
Yugoslavia
Denmark
Staraya Russa Front
London
Smolensk
Hitler
Donets Basin
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